About WCPFC

SGC2

The second meeting of the SCG took place at Mooloolaba , Australia from 17-19 July 2003, immediately following SCTB16 . The meeting was chaired by Dr Yuji Uozumi ( Japan ).

The matters considered at SCG 2 included:

(a) Review of the updated stock status statements for the major target species (bigeye, yellowfin, skipjack and South Pacific albacore), including implications for sustainability;

(b) Discussions on gaps in current data;

(c) Discussion of the impacts of FADs on juvenile tuna stocks in the Convention Area;

(d) review of the working papers: Data standards, technical capabilities and data sharing policies for the Western and Central Pacific region ( WCPFC/PrepCon/WP.15), and An investigation of technical capabilities and data security and confidentiality policies for the Western and Central Pacific Region ( WCPFC/PrepCon/WP.16);

The report of SCG 2 has been published under symbol WCPFC/PrepCon/28 and also available under the Documents Listing Page. Documents from SCTB16 are available in electronic format (pdf) via the SCTB16 web pages on the OFP website. A copy of the SCTB16 Executive Summary is also available online and can be downloaded here. In the summary, the relevant excerpts for SCG are: